Afternoon Raag

Afternoon Raag

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2022 · English · Paperback · 8 editions
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Winner of the Encore Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionA beguiling, short and yet sweeping prose-poem, Afternoon Raag is the account of a young Bengali man studying at Oxford University and caught in complicated love triangle. His loneliness and melancholy sharpen his memories of home, which come back to haunt him in vivid, sensory detail.Intensely moving, superbly written, Afternoon Raag is a testimony to the clash of the old and the new; arrivals and departures.With an introduction by James Wood

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 208 pages
Language English
Published Jan 1, 2022
Publisher Faber & Faber
Editions 8 editions
ISBN-10 0571361471
ISBN-13 9780571361472
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